Jamie Dornan reveals he misplaced Superman position to Henry Cavill

By ANI

WASHINGTON: Actor Jamie Dornan just lately revealed that he misplaced out on the position of Superman to actor Henry Cavill. Despite lacking out on the chance, Dornan shared that he has met with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and expressed his curiosity in becoming a member of the MCU.

The actor opened up about dropping the Superman position and approaching Marvel to star in superhero films in an interview with The New York Times, reported People journal.

“I’m more ambitious than I’ve ever let on before,” Dornan mentioned, crediting his drive to changing into a father.

“It’s like a necessity to deliver and provide, very caveman-esque: I must succeed for these precious little people,” he added.

The actor additional mentioned, “Also, since my dad died, it’s lit this extra fire within me, this extra burner of wanting to succeed.”

Dornan additionally mirrored on strolling the tightrope between being concerned in doubtlessly two franchises, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ and a potential Marvel or DC film. The actor admitted he admired Robert Pattinson, a good friend of his, for having gracefully segued from ‘Twilight’ to ‘The Batman’.

“I would be lying if I didn’t admit that I feel like him and his people have played it really cleverly,” Dornan mentioned.

“Everything he’s done since Twilight has been really smart and beautifully crafted, and those films aren’t financed on his name had he not been in these movies that made billions of dollars,” he added.

Dornan’s personal filmography has included an array of various roles since ‘Fifty Shades’ from ‘The Fall’, ‘A Private War’, ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’, ‘Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar’ and, now, ‘Belfast’. ‘Belfast’, written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, is advised by way of the eyes of a younger boy rising up in Ireland through the tumultuous late Sixties. Dornan and Caitriona Balfe play the younger boy’s mother and father.

Described as “a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s,” the movie tells the story of how the household’s life is modified by the upheaval round them. The household contemplates leaving their dwelling endlessly amid the “civil war” that is damaged out within the streets.

The film relies on Branagh’s personal experiences rising up in Ireland as a younger boy. ‘Belfast’ additionally stars Judi Dench, Ciaran Hinds, Lewis McAskie and Jude Hill.